slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark
Gion (entertainment district in Kyoto); Jetavana Monastery (India) (abbr); Jetavana-vihara; Yasaka Shrine (Kyoto) (abbr); Gion Festival (abbr); Gion
chic; smart; understanding; considerate; familiar with worldly pleasures (esp. sexual relations, geisha districts and red-light districts)
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
to be jinxed; to suffer a stroke of bad luck; to suffer a setback; to have a damper put on one; to have cold water thrown on one
instead; but (on the other hand)
grand; luxurious; lavish; great; large; big (e.g. storm)
true feelings; real intention; one's heart; one's right mind; one's senses; one's conscience
cost of a meal (or meals)
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
to be blown off; to be blown away; to disappear; to vanish; to rush; to hurry
not insignificant; not to be sneezed at
thrifty; frugal; economical
Western-style clothes (cf. traditional Japanese clothes)
lavish feast; splendid banquet; corporate largess; lavish hospitality
showy; loud; flashy; gaudy
to be away from home; to be out of the house
to drop by; to stop by; to drop in; to approach; to draw near; to come close (to)
behavior; behaviour; conduct
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
to place in a row; to line up; to range in order; to list one after another (e.g. excuses, reasons, complaints); to rattle off (e.g. lies, compliments); to reel off
answering machine; answerphone
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
call; summons; call; invocation; usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.; telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached; (arch.) box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)
likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do
(verbal) message; word (from someone)
bedroom activity (of a married couple); sexual intercourse
not just once; more than once; many times; again and again
lack of expression; lack of emotion; blank look (on one's face)
to sow; to plant; to sow (the seeds of; e.g. conflict); to sprinkle (gold or silver powder on lacquerware)
to mow; to reap; to harvest; to eradicate; to root out (e.g. evil); to remove
bad reputation; infamy; ill repute; unfavorable criticism; unfavourable criticism
preparation; arrangements
postponement; deferment; hesitation; delaying; suspended sentence
hostel; dormitory; (arch.) bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryō system); (arch.) tea-ceremony room; (arch.) villa
lodging; boarding; room and board; boarding house; residence hall; dormitory